Are the Microblading Before and Afters You See Online Real?

Something I have noticed more and more recently is clients coming to me with photographs of microblading results they would like me to recreate, only for me to realise that the photograph itself may not actually be real.

Some of the microblading before and after pictures I see online have clearly been created or altered using AI, while others appear to have been heavily edited or doctored. There are also practitioners and businesses using photographs belonging to other artists and presenting them as their own work.

I completely understand why this is confusing. If you don’t work in microblading or semi-permanent makeup, it can be incredibly difficult to tell the difference, particularly now that AI-generated images can look so convincing.

This is why, if you are considering microblading in London, I always encourage you to spend some time looking through an artist’s work before deciding what you would like. Look at lots of photographs rather than just the handful used in an advert or on a website homepage.

Every photograph on the LondonBrowClinic website and Instagram is of a real client and my actual microblading work. I have been specialising exclusively in microblading for over 11 years, so there are thousands of genuine examples to look through.

Real microblading has nuances. Skin texture, natural hair growth, healing, lighting and individual brow anatomy all affect the finished result. No two pairs of brows will ever be identical, and sometimes a result that looks beautiful in a photograph simply isn’t achievable on another person’s skin or bone structure.

I would much rather a client bring me a real photograph of a brow they genuinely love and we talk honestly about what is possible, than promise a result based on an image that was never real in the first place.

So, if you are looking for microblading in London, please take your time. Look carefully at the before and afters, look for consistency, look at healed work where possible, read the reviews and make sure you know whose hands are actually creating the brows.

And you are very welcome to look through mine. There are thousands of real brows there — because I believe that when you are choosing someone to work on your face, you should be able to see their real work.

Call me for a consultation if you have any questions you want answered.

LondonBrowClinic

Galata xx

Are We Forgetting What Real Microblading Looks Like?

Something has been bothering me more and more recently, and it is something I genuinely feel we need to talk about.

I am repeatedly being shown photographs by clients who have booked with me, asking if I can create brows that look like the images they have found online.

The problem is that an increasing number of these photographs are not real microblading results at all. They have been created or heavily altered using AI.

What concerns me most is not simply that these images exist, but that we are becoming so accustomed to seeing them that they are beginning to change our understanding of what is actually possible with real microblading.

For someone who has never had their brows microbladed, it is incredibly difficult to know what they are looking at. You cannot necessarily see that the skin texture has been altered, that individual hair strokes have been digitally perfected, that symmetry has been manufactured or that the result simply could not exist in real skin.

Real microblading does not behave like a digital image. Skin has pores, texture, movement, pigmentation and individual characteristics that all affect how a brow heals. Hair strokes are not perfectly identical, and two eyebrows will never be completely symmetrical because the face itself is not symmetrical.

This is why I feel increasingly concerned when clients arrive with AI-generated “before and after” microblading pictures and genuinely believe they are looking at achievable results. It creates completely unrealistic expectations for both the client and the artist, particularly when the client does not yet know the nuances of what real microblading can and cannot do.

I have spent many years looking at real skin and real healed brows, and I think that distinction matters more than ever.

When choosing a microblading artist, I would encourage you to look beyond the most perfect photograph on Instagram and spend some time looking for genuine, consistent, healed results. Ask yourself whether the brows still look believable as part of a real face, rather than simply beautiful as an image.

Because real microblading should enhance your face, not create something that could only ever exist on a screen.

Call me if you want to chat about this.

Galata

LondonBrowClinic x

Are Those Microblading Before & Afters on Instagram Even Real?

I have to admit, something has been bothering me lately.

I am seeing more and more microblading “before and afters” on Instagram that quite honestly look too perfect to be real. The skin is flawless, every hair stroke is identical, the brows are perfectly symmetrical and the finished result looks almost like it has been drawn onto the face digitally.

And with AI now being able to create incredibly realistic photographs, I think we all need to become a little more careful about what we believe we are looking at online.

The problem is that microblading isn’t something that happens on a computer. It happens on real people, with real skin.

Real skin has pores. It has texture. It can be oily, dry, thin, mature, scarred or affected by previous treatments. Real brows aren’t perfectly symmetrical either. And real microblading needs to take all of those things into account.

This is something I feel particularly strongly about because I have spent many years fixing microblading that has gone wrong for people elsewhere. I have seen clients come to me with brows that have been made too dark, too solid, badly shaped or simply nothing like the natural brows they were hoping for.

Sadly, by the time they reach me, the problem isn’t always something that can simply be “fixed” with more microblading.

This is why I would really encourage you not to choose your microblading artist based on one beautiful photograph on Instagram.

Look at their work across lots of different clients. Look for healed results. And please, read their reviews.

If you are considering coming to LondonBrowClinic, I would genuinely encourage you to read mine. Don’t just take my word for the fact that I care about natural-looking, beautifully considered brows. See what my clients have actually said about their experience.

After more than 11 years specialising exclusively in microblading, I have learned that the most impressive result isn’t necessarily the darkest, sharpest or most “perfect” brow you see on Instagram.

It is the brow that looks like it belongs to the person wearing it.

So before you book because you’ve fallen in love with an Instagram before and after, take a little time to look behind the photograph.

Make sure you are looking at real people, real skin and real work.

Your eyebrows are going to be on your face for a very long time. They deserve a little more research than a scroll through Instagram.

Call me if you want to chat about this or book a consultation with me.

Galata

LondonBrowClinic xx